I think I'll make a narrow point in response to this: As someone professionally required to stay plugged in to the news -- including during horrific events -- I really would not recommend that a normal person do that.
https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1497291026347835394
It ain't fighting Russians, for sure, but watching three days straight of Sandy Hook coverage or George Floyd die a few dozen times a day is not great for you.
It really is ok to recognize that some things are a little bit bad, and you can acknowledge that and suggest steps to deal with that without it being an implicit insult to people dealing with things that are obviously worse.
On a similar note, if you find yourself doomscrolling through commentary about the possibility of nuclear annihilation you aren't really learning anything you can use in any meaningful way and should probably log off.
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